Program Overview

Writing Fellow Mission Statement

In collaboration with professors and students across the curriculum, we build better writers at BYU by listening to the concerns of those we serve, by responding as an honest audience, by teaching sound writing skills and strategies, and by learning how to become better writers ourselves.

Values

Writing Fellows provide a community of support for each other and for the students and faculty we serve.

We value people over papers and writing as an essential part of a university education.

Through offering individual attention and feedback, we empower students to become stronger writers in all disciplines.

We respect each other and the professors and students we work with.

We provide a comfortable, friendly atmosphere for learning

Program Description

The Fellows

Undergraduate students with an overall record of academic excellence and writing ability are recruited, carefully selected and trained to become peer tutors. Successful applicants must demonstrate the ability to mentor and support their peers in a constructive and positive manner. The rigorous training Writing Fellows receive in writing and tutoring pedagogy further supports the skills they bring to the program.

The Process

By filling out the Faculty Request Form, faculty in any department may request that Fellows be assigned to their class. Working with Writing Fellows may sometimes require faculty to make some minor adjustments to their class plan and syllabus. As students are assigned a Fellow for the semester,they have an opportunity to work with a peer on two substantive writing assignments before the paper is turned in for a grade. In that regard, the services the Fellows provide in the Fellowing process are different from that of the Writing Center, which works on a drop-in basis.